Went with a neutral color on the walls and replaced the carpet with new walnut color frazee carpet.

Or they themselves (seller) may not want tenants to start getting a glimps into their financial affairs etc. or to feel there are financial issues brewing.Of course a motivated seller may not give a flip who the buyer is but unless you are certain, get a neutral entity to get the ball rolling at this stage.

You might want to agree to appoint a neutral to arbitrate any dispute.Also, if you think that you might want to own your piece through an individual LLC or trust someday, make sure that the language of your LLC agreement permits a transfer to a related entity whenever you want to do so.

We now paint all ceilings and trim in pure white and use a modern, neutral color on the walls.

We do use a single palette across all our rentals - all neutral colours, but grey based, not beige ... it has become a differentiator for us in our student market ;-)

Rather use neutral colors that don't suggest; let people decide. 

It's Tapestry Beige, which is very light and neutral.

If cash neutral works for you, then you have more options.

It also has a toolkit that you can get to play with the models.Comparison of different option models,"From Black Scholes to Black Holes" from Risk/Finex.For the pure Buying and Selling of volatility trading approach, this is what we use today mostly for longer-term market neutral vol plays on liquid issues, "Buying and Selling Volatility" by Kevin B Connolly is a good, simple book.

A DOT Trustee does not represent the interests of either party, they neutral and obligated to enforce the DOT.